China: Healthcare

Two patients, on the left, work out at the gym. The Aimin Fat Reduction hospital in Tianjin is one of China?s well-known centers for natural weight-loss. The hospital uses acupuncture, exercise and dieting to help its clients loose weight and keep it off. As Chinese people?s lifestyles change from agrarian to more urban obesity has become a serious issue of late. Keeping China thin is likely to be much more difficult in the coming years as real incomes rise and citizens learn the ways of the...more »

Two patients, on the left, work out at the gym. The Aimin Fat Reduction hospital in Tianjin is one of China?s well-known centers for natural weight-loss. The hospital uses acupuncture, exercise and dieting to help its clients loose weight and keep it off. As Chinese people?s lifestyles change from agrarian to more urban obesity has become a serious issue of late. Keeping China thin is likely to be much more difficult in the coming years as real incomes rise and citizens learn the ways of the over consuming west.« less